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Tech Xplore / An earthquake on a chip: New tech could make smartphones smaller, faster

A team of engineers has made major strides in generating the tiniest earthquakes imaginable. The team's device, known as a surface acoustic wave phonon laser, could one day help scientists make more sophisticated versions ...

Jan 14, 2026 in Engineering
Phys.org / CRISPR–Cas3 genome-editing system holds therapeutic potential

Genetic disorders occur due to alterations in the primary genetic material—deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)—of an organism.

Jan 14, 2026 in Biology
Medical Xpress / CDC studies show value of nationwide wastewater disease surveillance, as potential funding cut looms

Wastewater testing can alert public health officials to measles infections days to months before cases are confirmed by doctors, researchers said in two studies published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Jan 16, 2026 in Health
Phys.org / Earth keeps getting hotter, and Americans' partisan divide over science grows sharper

As global officials confirm that 2025 was Earth's third-hottest year on record, a new poll shows Americans are sharply divided over the role of science in the United States.

Jan 15, 2026 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / A rare desert plant shows benefits of sustainability efforts at a large solar array in the Mojave Desert

Although sunlight is one of the cleanest forms of renewable energy available, clearing large swathes of desert habitat to build solar arrays has consequences for the plants and animals it displaces. Researchers are trying ...

Jan 15, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / Ultrasound-activated nanoparticles in immune cells trigger targeted inflammatory response

Piezoelectric nanoparticles deployed inside immune cells and stimulated remotely by ultrasound can trigger the body's disease-fighting response, according to an interdisciplinary team of Boston College researchers.

Jan 14, 2026 in Nanotechnology
Phys.org / Physics of foam strangely resembles AI training

Foams are everywhere: soap suds, shaving cream, whipped toppings and food emulsions like mayonnaise. For decades, scientists believed that foams behave like glass, their microscopic components trapped in static, disordered ...

Jan 14, 2026 in Physics
Medical Xpress / Simple method can enable early detection and prevention of chronic kidney disease

Subtle abnormalities in kidney function—even within the range considered normal—may help identify people at risk of developing chronic kidney disease. This is shown in a new study from Karolinska Institutet, published ...

Phys.org / Analyzing Darwin's specimens without opening 200-year-old jars

Scientists have successfully analyzed Charles Darwin's original specimens from his HMS Beagle voyage (1831 to 1836) to the Galapagos Islands.

Jan 14, 2026 in Chemistry
Medical Xpress / Immune stress during pregnancy changes how fetal brain cells communicate, mouse study reveals

Research led by the SickKids Research Institute in Toronto and the University of Pennsylvania, has found that immune-related genes vary by location and cell type across the developing mouse brain before birth. Maternal immune ...

Jan 13, 2026 in Neuroscience
Phys.org / Tuning spin waves—using commercially available devices at room temperature

Physicist Davide Bossini from the University of Konstanz has recently demonstrated how to change the frequency of the collective magnetic oscillations of a material by up to 40%—using commercially available devices at room ...

Jan 14, 2026 in Physics
Phys.org / Physicists create resilient 3D solitons in the lab

For the first time, physicists in Italy have created a 'lump soliton': an extremely stable packet of light waves which can travel through 3D space, and even interact with other solitons without losing its shape.

Jan 11, 2026 in Physics